The sentient and non-sentient beings are the Lord’s bodies. He is thus the ‘Viśeṣya’ or Substance present in all these bodies, known as the ‘Viśeṣaṇa’, the attributes or modes of the Lord. While the attributes undergo transformations, such as growth and decay, enjoyment and misery, the ‘Viśeṣya’ undergoes no changes and is ‘nirvikāra’. While the ‘Jīva’ or the individual
In this ninth pāśuram of the chapter, the divine mother of Parāṅguśa Nāyakī continues to lament the state of her daughter, who has become completely overwhelmed by the divine possession of emperumān. As observed by our revered ācāryas such as Nañjīyar and Vādhi Kēsari Azhagiya Maṇavāḷa Jīyar, the mother reports that her daughter now speaks the very words of Śrīman